May 26th, 2023 The importance of power electronics is rapidly increasing in today's world, primarily driven by the growing need for electrification in order to eliminate fossil fuels consumption. Power converters are responsible for the processing and control of electric energy, ensuring efficient management of high amounts of electrical power. Power...
Industrial electrification and
decarbonization in 2050
May 15th, 2023 Within the cycle "Climate warming: Energy solutions from today for tomorrow" organized by the "Residencia d'Investigadors", the CSIC and the "Fundació Catalana per la Recerca i la Innovació", Dr. Xavier Jordà from the PDS Group gave the talk entitled "Industrial electrification and decarbonization in 2050". The electrification of industrial processes...
New Packaging Materials and Structures for Advanced Power Modules
April 28th, 2023 Have you noticed that the number of electric vehicles has raised exponentially in recent years? The society is becoming more aware about how important is to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. That is why there is a clear tendency in electrifying all the systems that used to...
Job offers
Power Devices and Systems Group (PDS) offers 1 JAE-INTRO scholarship for introduction to research: Reference: JAEINT23_EX_1189 Principal Investigator: Xavier Perpiñà Giribet E-mail contact: xavier.perpinya@imb-cnm.csic.es Formation Plan: Estudio de fenómenos electrotérmicos locales en dispositives semiconductores de potencia avanzados mediante deflexión interna d haz ñáser (IIRLD). Dates: From April 15th to May 15th, 2023 More info: https://jaeintro.csic.es/en/
iRel40 project: WP5 Workshop
March 29-30, 2023 In March 2023, the WP5 workshop of the iRel40 project took place at Technical University of Delft (The Netherlands). Oriol Aviñó from PDS Group participed in the event presenting the last results of the IMB-CNM activities and chairing one of the sessions. At the bottom picture, Oriol Avinó together...
Talk: Microelectronics in space: BepiColombo mission
March 9, 2023 Miquel Vellvehi from PDS Group gave a talk in the framework of Objectes de la Recerca initiative at CSIC Delegation in Barcelona, which includes a mini-exhibition, a talk, a video and a contest. Vellvehi talked about the BepiColombo space mission, a joint ESA and JAXA mission, and diodes Schottky,...
PTI-TRANSENER+ celebrates its First Scientific Days
March 1-2, 2023 The Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform PTI-TransEner+ (Sustainable Energy Transition) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) held its First Scientific Days on March 1 and 2 in Madrid, where the latest milestones achieved to date were presented, as well as the impact of the results and their transfer...
Master Thesis Defenses
February 9, 2023 Mariana Raya and Conrad Ferrer from PDS Group defensed their Master Thesis in Electronic Engineering (MEE) at UPC with their works entitled Study of self-powered gate driver power supply solutions and Infrared image processing strategies for die-level power devices inspection, respectively, obtaining the maximum qualificaction. Congratulations!!!